New York blocks new hyperscale data centers for a year | AP News
- NEW YORK (AP) — No large data centers can be built in New York for up to a year as the state creates rules to protect the environment and the energy grid from power-hungry facilities fueling artificial intelligence.
- Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the country’s first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, which house thousands of computer servers and require massive amounts of energy and a steady supply of water to keep cool.
- The move puts the state in the center of a national debate over how to regulate the AI industry, as concerns over rising electric bil
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- NEW YORK (AP) — No large data centers can be built in New York for up to a year as the state creates rules to protect the environment and the energy grid from power-hungry facilities fueling artificial intelligence.
- Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the country’s first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, which house thousands of computer servers and require massive amounts of energy and a steady supply of water to keep cool.
- The move puts the state in the center of a national debate over how to regulate the AI industry, as concerns over rising electric bil
Sources: AP, Times of India